Broadband stimulus as intended: Ohio TV group seeks to help region's citizens

One of the more unique and interesting broadband stimulus grant applications that we’ve seen is coming out of Kent, Ohio, where a nonprofit organization that includes two TV stations and an educational services division is seeking about $1.3 million to create computer centers.

There, the head of Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, which includes Western Reserve Public Media (public TV stations WNEO and WEAO), told TMCnet in an interview (printed in full below), citizens will be trained to develop robust broadband content, and a Web site that will feature regional video on demand, a virtual public square and a regional knowledge portal...